''Euploea climena'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...
. It was described by
Caspar Stoll
Caspar Stoll (Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Kassel, probably between 1725 and 1730 – Amsterdam, December 1791) was a naturalist and Entomology, entomologist, best known for the completion of ''De Uitlandsche Kapellen'', a work on butterfl ...
in 1782. It is found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
and the
Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is one of eight biogeographic realms that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua Ne ...
.
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9]
Subspecies
*''E. c. climena'' (Ambon)
*''E. c. melina''
(Godart, 1819) (Serang)
*''E. c. eurypon''
Hewitson, 1858 (Aru, Kai Island)
*''E. c. sepulchralis''
Butler, 1866 (West Java, Bawean)
*''E. c. simulatrix''
Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881 (Nicobars)
*''E. c. macleari''
(Butler, 1887) (Christmas Island, Northwest Australia)
*''E. c. palmedo''
Doherty, 1891 (Sumba)
*''E. c. neptis''
Röber, 1891 (Flores)
*''E. c. elwesiana''
de Nicéville, 1897 (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa)
*''E. c. dohertyi''
(Holland, 1900) (Buru)
*''E. c. bandana''
Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Banda Island)
*''E. c. valeriana''
Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Romang Island)
*''E. c. terissa''
Fruhstorfer, 1910 (East Java)
*''E. c. nobilis ''
Strand, 1914 (Admiralty Islands)
References
External links
''Euploea''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Euploea
Butterflies described in 1782
Taxa named by Caspar Stoll
Butterflies of Australia
Butterflies of Java
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